Engr. Anthony A. Madagua holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Lvov State Polytechnic Institute Lvov Ukraine. He returned to Nigeria in 1979 after leaving the then Soviet Union.
After the National Youth Service with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, he joined the Delta Steel Company Limited in 1980 where he rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer in 2003. His 40 years experience spans across in Project Management, operations and maintenance management in the Steel and allied industry and development of power plant projects After the privatization of the Delta Steel Company to Global Infrastructures Nigeria Limited in 2005, Engr. Madagua also served as Executive Director (Projects) and was on the Boards of Directors of the Delta Steel Company Plc at various times and Global Infrastructures Nigeria Limited. He was also at a time the Chairman Board of Directors MECON Nigeria Limited- a multinational engineering consultancy organization. He also worked with ETA-Zuma Group West Africa Limited as the Group Executive Director (Projects). At the ETA-Zuma Group, he led the project team made up of Nigerians, Ukrainian and Indian expatriates in the implementation of the Coal to Power Project which included the development of Zuma Coal Mine Okobo, Zuma Limestone Project Ekirin-Adde and the 1200MW Coal Fired Power Plant Project Itobe all in Kogi State. He was also the team lead for the 400MW Combined Cycle Gas Fired Power Plant in Egbema Imo State amongst other projects. He left the ETA-Zuma Group into private consulting. He attended many on-the job-training in Bhilai Steel Plant, Rourkela Steel Plant in India and other steel works in Germany. He has also attended management courses in Nigeria and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta India. Engr. Madagua is member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and Fellow of the Nigerian Metallurgical Society. He has many publications and he is the author of the books “The Betrayal of the Nigerian Steel Dream- Delta Steel Company Saga” and “Who says Government has no Business in Business”. He is a regular contributor to national discuss on steel, energy and allied matters and currently the Managing Director of Peatts Engineering and Development Company, Abuja.
He is happily married with three lovely children.